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Lucy and Australian Caravana

Lucy from The Design Files...also wrote a very nice post for us about her favorite Australian designers...Caravana...

{Caravana designers - Cathy Braid and Kirsten Ainsworth, photo from Vogue}
Caravana  is an inspiring Australian fashion label.  Young designers Cathy Braid and Kirsten Ainsworth started Caravana in 2003 with a unique shared vision.   They established their company not only with the aim of creating stunning garments inspired by age-old traditional techniques, but also as a means to empower culturally marginalised women in remote areas of central asia.
The pair recognised early on that they could not achieve their goals from a distance, so in 2003 they saved up some money, got on a plane to north-western Pakistan, and took up residence in a remote community in the Himalayan mountains....CLICK HERE TO READ MUCH MORE>>>

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{ps. wish you a great weekend of course and hope to see you back on Monday when Kris will be reporting from Milan}

Lucy reporting from Melbourne

The first week of Bloesem's World Tour is going to end in a part of the world where I have never been yet, Australia, but hopefully will visit very soon...and this guide from Lucy Feagins (from the Design Files) of Melbourne will definitly be part of our travelkit...I'm very glad Lucy has written such an extensive report of her great city...Melbourne...

"Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD) has long been intertwined with narrow lanes and alleyways, largely used as service lanes for the larger buildings and businesses on the main streets.  For a long time, shops and businesses paid premium rent for frontage on these main streets, and the dusty back alleys were largely forgotten.

In recent years, as rent has crept up higher and higher on the main thoroughfares, Melbourne’s laneways have undergone a renaissance. These days, the laneways are full to the brim of smaller, eclectic shops, cafes, and bars.  In fact, the most popular new bars and cafes increasingly position themselves hidden down cobbled streets barely wide enough for a bicycle (let alone a vehicle!), either up or down a dark flight of stairs, and often behind an unmarked door… it appears the more ‘hidden’ the establishment, the more in demand it will be! ...  CLICK HERE FOR MUCH MORE>>>

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